taunting

taunting
    adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule;
           "derisive laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking
           smile"; "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn:
           {derisive}, {gibelike}, {jeering}, {mocking}, {taunting}]
    n 1: aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing [syn:
         {twit}, {taunt}, {taunting}]
    

Taunt \Taunt\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Taunted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Taunting}.] [Earlier, to tease; probably fr. OF. tanter to
   tempt, to try, for tenter. See {Tempt}.]
   To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to
   upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
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         When I had at my pleasure taunted her.   --Shak.
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   Syn: To deride; ridicule; mock; jeer; flout; revile. See
        {Deride}.
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Taunting \Taunt"ing\,
   a. & n. from {Taunt}, v.
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         Every kind of insolent and taunting reflection.
                                                  --Burke.
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45 Moby Thesaurus words for "taunting":
      banter, bantering, booing, catcalling, chaffing, derision,
      derisive, derisory, fleering, flippancy, flippant, fooling,
      grinning, hissing, hooting, jeering, joshing, kidding, leering,
      levity, mockery, mocking, panning, quizzical, ragging, railing,
      raillery, rallying, razzing, ridicule, ridiculing, roasting,
      scoffing, smart, smart-aleckiness, smart-alecky, smart-ass,
      smartness, smirking, sneering, snickering, sniggering, snorting,
      teasing, twitting